All frozen up? Couldn’t see the lake for all the snow? (”Wait, what? You mean there was a lake full of fish there all the time? Aww, man...Joe’s thigh tasted like crap...and I could’ve had fresh trout?!”)
No nefarious Global Warming in those days!
Lol! I didn’t bother to go back to check what season it had happened in. I think I’m going to read up some on it. And maybe see if there’s a documentary on YouTube.